Gigs

Past Dates

Saturday, March 10th, 2018

Bruce Dunlap & Brahim Fribgane

7:30 - $20 - GiG Performance Space - Santa Fe

"A tour de force" Jazz Times "Evocative and spellbinding." New York Times "The grace and emotional import of fine poetry.” Jazziz "Pianistic guitar virtuosity… accomplished work by a true jazz virtuoso." Elusive Disc "A startling display of virtuosity, technical wizardry, and clarity." Jazz Now “"Used tonal color so vividly that the musical notes felt like wet paint." allaboutjazz.com "Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions." Jim Hall

Brahim Fribgane - Dumbek and Percussion

Born and raised in Morocco, Brahim Fribgane brings to his music the rich and varied musicalstyles he grew up with - North African, Gnawa, Berber, Arabic and Andalusian music. Movingto New York City in his twenties, through diverse musical collaborations, he developed his unique style, a blend of childhood influences and many international traditions.

Sunday, October 1st, 2017

BRUCE DUNLAP & TY BURHOE

7:30 - $20

"A tour de force" Jazz Times "Evocative and spellbinding." New York Times "The grace and emotional import of fine poetry.” Jazziz "Pianistic guitar virtuosity… accomplished work by a true jazz virtuoso." Elusive Disc "A startling display of virtuosity, technical wizardry, and clarity." Jazz Now “"Used tonal color so vividly that the musical notes felt like wet paint." allaboutjazz.com "Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions." Jim Hall

Ty Burhoe - Tabla

Ty Burhoe has been a disciple of the great tabla maestro, Ustad Zakir Hussain, since 1990. From that time forward, Ty has been wholly dedicated to music as a career and as a spiritual path. Ty is known for his inspired accompaniment and uplifting presence in both classical and in fusion settings. He is internationally recognized for being instrumental in creating unique collaborations that weave tabla with other world traditions. Ty works with a broad range of artists including Ustad Zakir Hussain, Art Lande, Krishna Das, Bela Fleck, Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Howard Levy, Kitaro, Jon Anderson (Yes) and many more.

Guitar Games Weekend With Bruce Dunlap

Sept. 8-9 12-4PM

Participants will leave the weekend with an innovative, well organized and

highly flexible set of guitar tools and games, which yield real results

for performers and improvisers.

Day 1 - A Map For the

Improving Guitarist

Map Your Game Plan

Profound Listening

Rhythmic Entrainment

Harmonic Vocabulary

Chord Vocabulary

Melodic/Structural Improv

Reality Counterpoint

Fingerboard Relationships

Makes No Sense

Emotional Cues

Memorization/Inspiration

Melodic Vocabulary

Phrase Rough/Phrase Nice

Hearing/ Interpreting

Singer Songwriter Guitar

Day 2 - The Solo Guitarist

Plays Well Without Others

Solo Guitar Essentials

About Your Beat

Lose Your Grip

Phrase Rough Phrase Nice

Missing Link Counterpoint

Just One String

Just 2 Notes

Skeleton Songs

5 Minute Tunes

The Dreaded Black Page

Sing By Number/Letter

Ten Solo Grooves

Independence Streak

Accompanying Material

Context/ Career Mapping

Saturday, December 12th, 2015

Art Lande & Bruce Dunlap @ GiG Performance Space

7:30 - $20

This evening features a solo piano set by renowned pianist, Art Lande and a duo set with guitarist, Bruce Dunlap.

Grammy-nominated Art Lande is considered one of the premiere improvisational jazz pianists today. He has carved out a singular path throughout his career, taking the innovations of Bill Evans several steps further. His many recorded works on ECM and other labels played a significant role in the development of the “chamber jazz” movement. Art’s musical partners have included such greats as Steve Swallow, Jan Garbarek, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Woody Shaw, Nat Adderley, Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, Mark Isham, and Paul McCandless among many more.

A guitarist from age three, Bruce Dunlap has developed a unique, pianistic style on nylon string guitar. Dunlap’s "shimmering portraits" (Jazz Times) and “pianistic guitar virtuosity" (Elusive Disc) often evoke the sound of more than one guitar. He draws on jazz, classical and ethnic traditions to create what Jazziz called "a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." Dunlap has performed/recorded with Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch, Howard Levy, Glen Velez, Alan Arkin, Gary Willis, Eddie Daniels, Herbie Mann, Simon Shaheen, Kevin Hayes, Mark Copland, Dave Grusin, and many others.

Sunday, November 15th, 2015

Glen Velez & Bruce Dunlap

7:30 - $20 - Tickets at door at GiG

GiG Performance Space - 1808 Second Street

Glen Velez

"A galaxy of timbres and inflections ... remarkable rhythmic fireworks" (The New York Times.)

A four-time Grammy Award winner, Glen Velez is the founding father of the modern frame drum movement and is regarded as a legendary figure among musicians and audiences world-wide. Glen was inducted into the Percussion Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded by the Percussive Arts Society. During his illustrious career, Velez has single-handedly popularized this ancient drum for the modern world. His virtuosic combinations of hand movements and finger techniques, along with his original compositional style - which incorporates stepping, drum language and Central Asian Overtone singing (split-tone singing) - has opened new possibilities for musicians around the globe. Velez is the first percussionist to gain international recognition as a successful solo artist using frame drums. For more info, visit www.glenvelez.com

Saturday, December 22nd, 2012

Alan Arkin & Bruce Dunlap

7:30

Price: $30

Actor, Alan Arkin and guitarist, Bruce Dunlap are teaming up for a great evening of poetry and music on Dec.22nd! Alan Arkin is one of the most acclaimed and well respected actors of the past 50 years, performing in such memorable movies as Catch 22, The Heart is a Loney Hunter, Wait until Dark, and more recently in his Academy Award winning role in Little Miss Sunshine. Bruce Dunlap has performed with Kenny Werner, Fred Hersch, Paul McCandless, Claudia Villela, Simon Shaheen, Bob James and many others and has recorded 4 highly acclaimed solo CDs. Together they will present an intimate evening of poetry and music that will lift your holiday spirits!

Alan Arkin has long been recognized as an actor of great talent and versatility on stage, screen and television. Born in N.Y., Alan launched his career with Chicago's improvisational revue, Second City. This led to his first part on Broadway, the lead in Carl Reiner's play "Enter Laughing,” for which he won a Tony Award. The following year he appeared again on Broadway in Murray Schisgal's hit, "LUV.” Alan's first feature, "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, as well as an Oscar nomination. He received a second Oscar nomination, and the New York Critic's Award, for his performance in "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.” A second New York Critic's Award followed his role in "Hearts of the West. Other film credits include "Wait Until Dark,” "Popi,” "Catch 22", "Little Murders," "The Seven Percent Solution,” "The In-Laws,” "Simon,” and "Improper Channels,” for which he won his first of two Canadian Academy Awards. The second one was given to him for his role as Joshua's hoodlum father in "Joshua Then and Now." Other films include "Edward Scissorhands,” "Havana,” Glengarry Glen Ross,” "Indian Summer," "America's Sweethearts,” “The Slums of Beverly Hills,” “Gross Point Blank,” and "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing.” Recently he has been seen in in “Eros,” and is starring in “Little Miss Sunshine.” On television, Arkin has starred in "A Deadly Business," "The Defection of Simas Kudirka," "Escape From Sobibor," "St.Elsewhere," "Busting Loose," "A Matter of Principle," and "Doomsday Gun," He starred for two years in Sidney Lumet’s highly acclaimed series 100 Centre Street," and has appeared as Debra Messings father on “Will and Grace.”

Bruce Dunlap "His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." -JAZZIZ

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

W Dave Grusin and Pro Musica

3PM

Lensic Theatre

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Dave Grusin & Bruce Dunlap

Dave Grusin & Bruce Dunlap -
GiG Performance Space 7:30 - $25

Multiple Academy and Grammy-award winning pianist /composer Dave Grusin performs with guitarist Bruce Dunlap at GiG in a special holiday celebration! One of the great film composers, Dave Grusin is possibly even more renowned as a jazz artist and founder of the prestige independent record company GRP. Dave Grusin's musical career has been distinguished by a mastery over a diverse range of styles, counterbalanced by a touch at the piano which makes his keyboard signature totally unique. Integrity, exquisite taste, and impeccable musicianship have consistently been the cited keynotes of his work, which has been honored by numerous industry awards as well as doctorates from the University of Colorado and Berklee College of Music. The emminent producer director Sydney Pollack, with whom he has collaborated on nine films, has summed it up succinctly with the words, “he can do anything, and he has done everything.”

Bruce Dunlap "Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions." -Jim Hall "Dunlap sculpts a dazzling set of originals. Bringing to bear a supple technique and a gently arcing melodicism, Dunlap evokes shimmering portraits... His sound whether on 6,7,9 or 10 string acoustic guitars is likewise mellow and singing, yet always intense. In sum a tour de force, which should put Dunlap in heady company with the likes of Abercrombie, Metheny and Scofield." -Jazz Times "A most amazing guitarist... Dunlap blew the audience's collective mind with a startling display of virtuosity, technical wizardry, and clarity." Jazz Now

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Claudia Villela & Bruce Dunlap

8PM - GiG - 1808 Second Street

Price: $20

Claudia... "The closest the jazz world is likely to ever come to a female Bobby Mc Ferrin ... the Brazilian -born genius with a blistering voice." JAZZ TIMES "... Remarkable, beautiful, towering voice..." NY TIMES "... The best Brazil has to offer." BRAZZIL "She is the greatest expression of Brazilian Music in the US today". Helcio Milito "Claudia Villela sings fire from the soul" TELLURIDE TIMES "She is pure music" BELA FLECK "Arguably the most intriguing outing of the latest new-paradigm vocalists is by vocalist Claudia Villela ...Soulful expression steeped in the now, crafting the future sound of jazz." DOWNBEAT/GRAMMY MAGAZINE "Claudia Villela has long been a superior jazz singer...haunting voice, very wide range and an adventurous spirit." LOS ANGELES JAZZ SCENE "...Pure Magic... Soulful abandon, floating on the brink of major stardom....only superior artists succeed at doing such things" MUSICABRASILEIRA.ORG

Bruce... "His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." -JAZZIZ "Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions." -Jim Hall "Dunlap sculpts a dazzling set of originals. Bringing to bear a supple technique and a gently arcing melodicism, Dunlap evokes shimmering portraits... His sound whether on 6,7,9 or 10 string acoustic guitars is likewise mellow and singing, yet always intense. In sum a tour de force, which should put Dunlap in heady company with the likes of Abercrombie, Metheny and Scofield." -Jazz Times "A most amazing guitarist... Dunlap blew the audience's collective mind with a startling display of virtuosity, technical wizardry, and clarity." Jazz Now

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Nguyên Lê & Bruce Dunlap

8PM - GiG Performance Space - $20

Nguyên Le - Born in Paris from Vietnamese parents, Nguyên began playing drums at the age of 15, and soon took up guitar and electric bass. In 1983, he started the band Ultramarine, and their second CD titled DÃ was considered the best World Music Album of 1989 by Philippe Conrath of Liberation. Nguyên is a self-taught musician with a wide range of interests including rock, funk, jazz, vocal, large ensembles, electronics, and programmable synthesizers. He also has a strong interest in the ethnic music of many cultures and has recorded albums with music influenced by African, Caribbean, Algerian, Indian, Turkish and Vietnamese composers and performers. For decades, he has surrounded himself with the most interesting variety of rhythms and sounds, and his compositions and performances bring them to life in even more interesting ways. Nguyên has long been a creative force and sought after musician. His list of projects and collaborations is diverse, very extensive, and reads like a definitive who's who of contemporary music throughout much of the world. Its quite difficult to even begin this list, but here is a tiny sample of diversity: Cassandra Wilson, Ray Charles, Carla Bley, Courtney Pine, WDR Big Band, Miroslav Vitous, Richard Bona, Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, YellowJackets, Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Markus Stockhausen, Huong Thanh.

Bruce Dunlap Bruce is widely regarded as one of the more interesting acoustic jazz guitarist / composers working today. He has acquired a unique and compelling voice through his collaborations with many of the world's great jazz and world musicians and his facile sense of harmony and innovative technique have garnered him praise worldwide. "His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." -JAZZIZ "Dunlap sculpts a dazzling set of originals. Bringing to bear a supple technique and a gently arcing melodicism, Dunlap evokes shimmering portraits... His sound whether on 6,7,9 or 10 string acoustic guitars is likewise mellow and singing, yet always intense. In sum a tour de force, which should put Dunlap in heady company with the likes of Abercrombie, Metheny and Scofield." -Jazz Times

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Kevin Hays & Bruce Dunlap

8PM - GiG Performance Space

Price: Suggested Donation $10 - $15

Kevin Hays

".... a jolt of joy!" The New York Times "He's all-encompassing; phenomenally so!" John Scofield ".... Exquisite at every turn." Musician Magazine Pianist/Composer Kevin Hays has recorded 10 CDs as a leader and is featured on dozens of recordings with a variety of leading Jazz artists. Included in his leader discography are 3 critically acclaimed recordings for Blue Note Records. His 'Seventh Sense' was praised by The New York Times and recognized as one of the 'Top 40 Jazz Releases of the Year' by Musician Magazine. Kevin has performed and recorded with some of the most prominent and influential musicians in Jazz. These include Sonny Rollins, John Scofield, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes, Chris Potter, Al Foster, Joe Henderson, Buster Williams, Art Farmer and Joshua Redman. http://kevinhays.com/

Bruce Dunlap

"His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." -JAZZIZ "Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions." -Jim Hall "Dunlap sculpts a dazzling set of originals. Bringing to bear a supple technique and a gently arcing melodicism, Dunlap evokes shimmering portraits... His sound whether on 6,7,9 or 10 string acoustic guitars is likewise mellow and singing, yet always intense. In sum a tour de force, which should put Dunlap in heady company with the likes of Abercrombie, Metheny and Scofield." -Jazz Times "A most amazing guitarist... Dunlap blew the audience's collective mind with a startling display of virtuosity, technical wizardry, and clarity." Jazz Now

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

8PM

GiG - 1808 Second St Santa Fe NM

Price: $15

Marc Copland Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Pianist Marc Copland, recognized as an innovator with a unique grasp of harmony and color, is perhaps the foremost proponent of the lyrical school of jazz piano today. The most prolific pianist of the new millennium, Copland has 13 critically acclaimed releases to his credit since 2000Ã¢â‚¬â€and another three releases scheduled for 2006. AllAboutJazz.com sums it up best Ã¢â‚¬â€œ "A quiet giant of his instrument...the stuff of legend." Bruce Dunlap - "His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry." -JAZZIZ